by Geetika Pathania Jain | Jun 17, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Community
The concert started on time, the first reassuring sign that all was well. By the time Sonu Nigam arrived, his larger than life image loomed behind him and seemed to dwarf his physical body. The crowd cheered as his mellifluous voice lilted to the strains of familiar...
by Meera Prahlad | Jun 17, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Films
Frameline43, the forty-third San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival is slated to be held between June 20 and June 30, 2019. For eleven days, this film festival is bringing nearly 150 gay-themed movies from various countries to SF. Frameline43 also offers...
by Vivek Wadhwa | Jun 16, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Opinion
The 80-year-old executive is now trying to solve the problems of America’s health-care system — and inspiring students to help change the world As a marketing manager, John Sculley developed the so-called Pepsi Challenge, which enabled the company to gain market share...
by Bela Desai | Jun 11, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, People, Profiles
Vruksh ma bij Tu, Bij ma vruksh Tu, Jou patantaro e ja paase. You are the seed within a tree, You are the tree within a seed If I look for distinctions, then that is all I will see. Narsinh Mehta was a 15th century poet-saint and exponent of Bhakti (worship) form of...
by Nirupama V. | Jun 11, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Heritage Arts, Music, Performing Arts
The strains of Sufi Qawwali music hold a special fascination for me – there is something about the soaring notes, the seeker’s voice and the universal need to reach the ultimate – all captured into one marvelous tide of music. Fanna-fi-Allah –...
by L Iyengar | Jun 11, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Cover Story, Features, Heritage Arts
It was 627 A.D. when Hsuan-Tsang, a Buddhist monk, left China under the cover of night and headed westward, to seek out original Buddhist texts and teachings. He was dissatisfied with the contradictions that he found in several schools of Buddhism extant in China at...
